New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-08-21
SUNDAY EDITION.
AUGUST 81, 1887.

request received from the Chinese Embassy
TO permit an interpreter to accompany the Minis
ter and to sit beside him at the table. At tho
Bismarck palace everything had been arranged for
the dinner and to provide for an additional place
ut the table threatened to interfere seriously with
the arrangements. In this dilemma the Prince
was consulted
What" exclaimed he with Impotence, do
you think want to hear him talk? Voll fressen
SOIL er SIGH Il want him to gorge HIMSELF. That's
all"
And the request was denied.
After such an example 1 cav il js M wonder
tilaI The boys are even worse. Their vulgarity
has become alnose prOverbial in Berlin society.
Count Herbert does not hesitate to poke fun at
his fathers table at guests behind their backs.
heir foibles, no matter what their age, their
rank or their attainmcntS made the subjects
OF the ribald jokes OF this bumptiOus young
fellow lady who was present at one of the
ceremonial dinners in the Wilhelm-strasse not
long ago assured me that she saw Count Herbert
ana his brother amuse themselves by throwing
ehoice morselS OF meat from their plates across
the room at the Princes famous dog Sultan.
On the occasion OF Prince Bismarclx's seventeen
birthday Count Herbert occupied o place in the
rear OF the audience chamber when the deptitation
OF Ministers and ex-Ministers headed by the ven-
cradle Minister Of Justice, Won Fredberg. ap-
preached to offer their congratulations Fricdberg
10 hop VIM you may call n handsome man. some
even go so FAR as to say that he is remarkably
ugly. But that certainly was no excuse for Count
Herbert to break out in loud laughter when he
saw Sultan approach Friedberg and Overwhelmingly
sniff the unfortunate old gcntleman's very thin
hanks.
Do you think thot the Prince reproved the
son or cillcd his dog OFF? Not bit of it, lie
rather seemed to enjoy the old gentemans
misery and discontinue, and to the present day
refers 10 tho incident "a very droll occurrence"
The dislike of the Crown Prince and his wife
Tor Prince Bismarck extends To Count Herbert.
The latter, l fancy, little about that lie IS
shrewd enough to turn to the rising sum- lie
has made it his object, therefore, to court the
good graces Of Prince William. In this he has to
great extent succeeded: Together they frequently
"do7 the town. Prince William, though married
man. is still dcvOured by an almost uncomfortable
desire for the possession Of the royal substitute
for the ordinary latcbl1ey. Count Herbert IL Is
believed. helps him in overcoming the difficulty.
The young son of gentleman OF standing got
caught in the meshcS OF rather frail damseI
the other day. Under ordinary circumstances the
course pursued by the police in such cases here
is to escort the Objectionable damscl to q train
and her safely of
There will he no difficulty about it, said the
Chief OF Police TO the gentleman. Come again in
day or two and everything will bc settled
At the end of that period the gentleman pre-.
scented himself again The Chief of Police looked
embarrassed. lie was long in coming to the point
Finally he exclaimed:
1T is impossible. We cannot do it. We are
powcress in this case"
But whH" said the anxious father. II am
willing 10 pay any"
Yes, yes know. But the young woman has
letters in her possession Of a very compromising
nature from =" and here the voice OF the official
was reverently subdued to a whisper.
What became of that unfortunate gentlemans
Nng hopeful know not. 1t does not matter.
The police of Berlin, | hear. sometimes wish
they had fewer cases of this kind 10 encounter.
The moral atmosphere Of the capital would then
he greatly improved.